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Summary
Professor Granick received his B.A. cum laude from Princeton University in 1978 and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1982. He joined the faculty of the University of Illinois in 1985 following postdoctoral research at the College de France with P.-G. de Gennes and at the University of Minnesota with Matthew Tirrell. His research interests are in the areas of single-molecule methods, nanotribology, biophysics, and soft matter.
Professor Granick is a Founder Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor of Physics and Biophysics, Chemistry, and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Soga and S. Granick, "Segmental Orientations of Trains versus Loops and Tails: the Adsorbed Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) System When the Surface Coverage is Incomplete," Colloids and Surfaces A 170, 113 (2000).